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South African Ports Law Handbook. Compiled and edited by Rean C Botha.
2005. Juta & Co Ltd, Cape Town. R275, 00 (looseleaf).
The title intrigued me. At last, I thought, another specialised work on one
of my favourite areas of law: maritime and transport law. The picture of the
colourful binder on the promotional leafl et added to my anticipation.
So, what did I get? A bulky binder with rather meagre, uninspiring contents.
South African Ports Law Handbook contains the following:
? A reproduction of the National Ports Act 12 of 2005 which will, when it
comes into force, ..